Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-02-25
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ed for the street. Never tor an In
slant, in all my journeys about The
room to secure my clothes, had the
threatening weapon been removed
from the close position of my wax
ing moment. Still, had not aban
doned all hope. Surely, between
my rooms and the bank, some op
portunity for escape would present
itself. had no intention of un
locking the vault. At the last mo
ment l should have risked q few
shots from the robbers revolvers.
"My escort unlocked the sitting
room door and paused with hii
hand on the knob. AT that instant
a sound of footsteps was heard on
the stairs, the key was quietly
turned in the lock, and l felt for the
first time the cold rim of revolver
on my temple. The steps passed
my door, and the weapon was low
cred. You all know what followed.
Before the weapon could be raised
again, the door fell in with a crash,
and The robber, who stood directly
in front of it, was dubbed to the
floor and handcuffed by squad of
policemen led by the psying-teller J
"Dick did not return to his own
chambers that night. We spent
the time until daylight in my sit
tlng.room. At first he absolutely
refused to explain his sudden sp-
pearance with the officers, for Dick
is q hard.headed sort of q fellow,
who scouts everything that cannot
be demonstrated by set rules and
figures; but finally he fairly un-
bosomed himself, telling his story
before l had even given hint Of
my own mysterious experiences.
al slept soundly until nearly L
O'CLOCK he said, with the air Of a
man who expects to be laughed at,
'and then 1 passed into a strange
trance.like dream. In that dream
1 saw, as plainly as ever saw it in
my life, the interior OF your bath
room, and seated at the foot Of the
tub, where the opening door would
have concealed him from any one
looking in, 1 saw the man we had
last seen opposite the window where
we dined. l recognized at once the
slouching figure and the level line
of eyebrows he then attempted to
hide beneath the rim of his slouch
hat.
"'There was no light in the bath
room, or anywhere about the apart
ment, but 1 had no difficulty in
tracing every line of his face, nor
in seeing you sound asleep in your
bed. My mind at once became
filed with the one idea that you
were in danger. In my sleep | call
ed out to you to lock the bathroom
door, and warned you that | could
not get the slouching figure we had
seen on the edge Of the walk out Of
nv mind / could not make you
hear. In my alarm l even gave
the private signal We use at the
bank. l actually swoke to find my
self sounding it on the head Of my
bed, and repeating over and over
again the words l have told you OF
speaking.
"'I laughed at myself for So
perstitious idiot, and went to sleep
again, only to renew the experiences
described-to see the slouching 6g'
ure in the bathroom, and to repeat
my cries of warning and the pri
vate signal. Iawoke again, to find
myself standing by my open win
dow Il must have raised it in my
sleep, for l closed it on retiring)
sounding the private signal on the
sash and repeating the warning
words. How long 1 should have
remained there I cannot say. My
blows on the sash must have ZOOS
ened the catch, for the window fell
with a crash. In moment I heard
the City Hall clock strike one
"'I was now thoroughly awake
but | could not drive from my mind
the impressions created by my sin
gular dreams. Perhaps ! should
have gone to bed again only fol
the fact that the figure my dream
had shown me In your apartment
was the same 1 had warned yor
against on parting with you for the
night. 1 resolved to dress myself
and seek you in your rooms
"T was ashamed to come to your
door openly at that time of night,
with no excuse to offer for my pres
ence save such o one as any old
woman would have laughed ct, &C
/ crept up stairs like q spy and lis'
tened. saw the fash Of the dark
lantern at the threshold. l heard
enough to satisfy me that some
thing was wrong. SO l went ior
the pollce.' n-FraRk Leske's.
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